IN the days after the presidential election, while votes were still being tallied, essays began appearing in the national media that might be called "whatever the outcome" articles.
These pieces argued that it didn't matter whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden ultimately won. America's afflictions ran too deep. The country was too divided, too rancorous, too racist. No matter who is inaugurated Jan 20, as George Packer wrote in The Atlantic,"all Americans will remain the losers."
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